Hi
(11-11-2014, 11:29 AM)BlizzardToaBreeze Wrote: When I started this thread, I asked for ideas of how money might be used with the aim of fixing zfreeze. The convo lead me to believe that this was a "time is money" issue for one particular person. This is familiar to me, for although I want to contribute my time directly to Dolphin, I can't make it a priority in my life. I pictured others feeling the same way as me, so I thought an online fundraiser would be a good second-best option.Different people have worked on zfreeze (including myself), and "time is money" hasn't been an issue for any of them. More like "time is time", and really money doesn't change that unless you feel like paying someone enough for that person to be able to quit his other obligations temporarily.
(11-11-2014, 11:29 AM)BlizzardToaBreeze Wrote: I worded the campaign site so that anyone can claim the reward, and someone else could even use Galop1n's code as a starting point.Why is it that Galop1n's code is glorified as the universal solution for all problems? As far as I am aware his zfreeze implementation is completely useless for a proper implementation. I've written the base code years ago and it was more accurate and compatible than what he came up with (which, for reference, is here). In general I don't think that galop1n is the best person to pay for finishing something in the sense that it'll end up in the master branch, because so far he showed little commitment to making things ready enough for that.
(11-11-2014, 11:29 AM)BlizzardToaBreeze Wrote: More generally.. to me, the most important thing isn't whether the Indie Gogo campaign meets its goal or not. It's that we are discussing different ways to solve a long-standing issue-- and I am so amped to play Rogue Leader, I couldn't sit around & do nothing. If 60 days go by and zfreeze is still an active issue, perhaps this will plant the seeds for another idea that does knock that bug off the list. But I think this is a worthy idea, and worth presenting directly to Galop1n in case he doesn't follow these forums anymore.I don't think this is the right way and indeed I find it more than dubious for an external individual to collect money for a developer who hasn't even asked about it. I know you have good intents, but you should also consider that you could actually be making people angry. Also mind you that in general a fundraiser may have nontrivial tax-law implications on the affected people, even if they didn't opt-in to begin with.